So I started watching Sons Of Anarchy about a month ago, I started watching on a whim, but I was hooked on the first episode. The characters were so fleshed out and thought through. I enjoyed all of the characters, but one really stood out to me. Harry "Opie" Winston is a 6ft 4" badass with a beard and long hair, but he has a heart of gold and really cares about the lives of his friends, the club and his family. I found myself constant drawn to this beautiful man.
I was so connected to Ryan Hurst's character of Opie, I felt so sorry for him, he went through so much rubbish in the first few seasons. His wife was brutally murdered by a member of the club, and his father was killed by the president of the club. He always had problems with his ties to the club, and always had some issues with his best friend Jax. There were so many moments where I got a little teary eyed at the struggles that Opie faced. I really think I was falling in love with the character of Opie.
By the time it got to season 5, I was hooked on Opie. I just couldn't believe a man could be so sweet and loving, but at the same could be so badass and blow things up and shoot people. There was an episode where I literally fell apart. On season 5 episode 3, the Sons have been put into prison by Pope. He make a offer to the Sons, that one of the club have to die, for the rest of the club to be free. Jax decided to take a stand, and refuse. But Opie decides to sacrifice himself for the club. He headbutts the prison guard and gets put in the 'Box' where he has to fight a group of other prisoners. All he is armed with is a metal pipe. The thing that makes it even worse is that there is a window, so the other Sons can watch what happens to Opie. At this point I was tearing up because I knew something bad was going to happen. In the beginning Opie was actually doing well, I thought he could actually win. But then one of the other prisoners grabbed him from behind and the others started pummelling Opie. I started to cry, because Jax and Chibs where banging on the glass, screaming and crying. Opie's last scene made me sob to the point where I couldn't breathe. Opie is on his knees, looking at his brothers and there is not much sound, he then says "I've got this" then all of a sudden one of the prisoners smack Opie around the back of the head with the pipe. All you hear is the sound of the pipe hitting his head. Then you see Jax and Chibs screaming. I was shaking and I couldn't breathe. I couldn't believe how connected I was to Opie. It really felt like I had watched a close friend get killed. So good job to Ryan Hurst. You created such an amazing character. Thank you so much!
So I calmed myself down, and then two episodes later it was Opie's funeral. So the waterworks started again. The thing that made it worse was it was an open casket funeral. So you see him laying there, with the marks all over his face. All of the Sons put something meaningful in the casket. The thing that made me cry the most is when Jax put the photo of the two of them as children. He put it in Opie's pocket and said "see you later bro" This made me cry so bad. Sons Of Anarchy has turned me into such an emotion wreck!
I have to say after Opie died, the programme didn't seem to be as great. It seemed to just go in a downward spiral. I still enjoyed the programme, but I found some of the characters changed in a way that isn't that great. I would still recommend this programme to anyone. There is a lot of violence and sex in this programme but if you are over 16, I would suggest giving it a go. You may be surprised. There are some other amazing characters such as Chibs (Tommy Flannagan), Tig (Kim Coates) and Gemma (Katy Sagal) They did such a good job making such fleshed out characters that really grip you.
Sorry if this post was a little long winded, but I needed to get all this emotion out before I cry again! Thanks for reading and I will talk to you soon!
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